AI-powered detection van
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:57 pm
https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/news ... rst-trial/
A new van is being used to trial technology that can detect drivers holding a mobile phone at the wheel and people failing to wear a seatbelt. The vehicle is being used in partnership with Warwickshire Police to understand levels of unsafe behaviour on the Strategic Road Network
A UK-first trial of new safety technology has recognised motorists holding mobile phones or driving without seatbelts every six minutes.
The ‘sensor test vehicle’ has been trialled in recent weeks on England’s motorways and major A-roads as part of a research project carried out alongside Warwickshire Police.
The vehicle uses AI (artificial intelligence) detection equipment, which alongside confirmatory human analysis can help ascertain whether drivers are distracted at the wheel or they – or a passenger – are failing to wear a seatbelt.
At the time of writing, a total of 122,241 vehicles have been checked on the M40 and A46 as part of the trial, over a period of 64 hours.
This has led to 152 mobile phone detections and has identified 512 vehicle occupants without a seat belt.
Of the 664 offences detected, it is estimated that 530 (79.81%) were committed by people between the ages of 30 and 49, while 627 (94.42%) of those caught out are male.
The findings come just a week after it was announced that the proportion of car occupants killed in crashes who were not wearing a seatbelt has reached the highest level on record.
Some 30% of people killed in cars on Britain’s roads last year were not wearing a seatbelt, according to data published by the Department for Transport (DfT). That is up from 23% during the previous 12 months and represents the highest annual percentage in records dating back to 2013, when the figure was just 19%.
National Highways launched the van alongside consultants AECOM as part of a continuing campaign to promote safe driving and reduce instances of risky behaviours on England’s busiest roads.
A new van is being used to trial technology that can detect drivers holding a mobile phone at the wheel and people failing to wear a seatbelt. The vehicle is being used in partnership with Warwickshire Police to understand levels of unsafe behaviour on the Strategic Road Network
A UK-first trial of new safety technology has recognised motorists holding mobile phones or driving without seatbelts every six minutes.
The ‘sensor test vehicle’ has been trialled in recent weeks on England’s motorways and major A-roads as part of a research project carried out alongside Warwickshire Police.
The vehicle uses AI (artificial intelligence) detection equipment, which alongside confirmatory human analysis can help ascertain whether drivers are distracted at the wheel or they – or a passenger – are failing to wear a seatbelt.
At the time of writing, a total of 122,241 vehicles have been checked on the M40 and A46 as part of the trial, over a period of 64 hours.
This has led to 152 mobile phone detections and has identified 512 vehicle occupants without a seat belt.
Of the 664 offences detected, it is estimated that 530 (79.81%) were committed by people between the ages of 30 and 49, while 627 (94.42%) of those caught out are male.
The findings come just a week after it was announced that the proportion of car occupants killed in crashes who were not wearing a seatbelt has reached the highest level on record.
Some 30% of people killed in cars on Britain’s roads last year were not wearing a seatbelt, according to data published by the Department for Transport (DfT). That is up from 23% during the previous 12 months and represents the highest annual percentage in records dating back to 2013, when the figure was just 19%.
National Highways launched the van alongside consultants AECOM as part of a continuing campaign to promote safe driving and reduce instances of risky behaviours on England’s busiest roads.
